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. >> reporter: well, the latest we have from press secretary, robert gibbs, in the briefing that i just jumped out, the meeting started a little bit late, and we're still waiting for a read-out on that. but as we talked about this morning, tony, he's the former senate majority leader, senator tom daschle, he was obama's first choice to head up the department of health and human services and sois as an informal adviser to the president. and gibbs said he does listen to what daschle has to say on the issue. so, we're hoping to get a little more of a read-out a little later today, tony. >> kate, as i asked a moment ago, i thought you asked a really good question of robert gibbs during the daily briefing, you wanted to know if the president has learned anything during the congressional recess. and he was reluctant to take
. >> reporter: well, the latest we have from press secretary, robert gibbs, in the briefing that i just jumped out, the meeting started a little bit late, and we're still waiting for a read-out on that. but as we talked about this morning, tony, he's the former senate majority leader, senator tom daschle, he was obama's first choice to head up the department of health and human services and sois as an informal adviser to the president. and gibbs said he does listen to what daschle has to...
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white house spokesman robert gibbs just called mahmoud ahmadinejad the elected leader of iran. he was asked whether president barack obama recognized the iranian president after the disputed president. we know that tomorrow is the formal swearing in for ahmadinejad for the first time we have seen since that protest against the elections. the white house is being careful not to comment on the legitimacy of those elections but has condemned the ior iranian government. there are three missing americans that are being detained or are in iranian custody and we're working to try and win their release as well. >>> today former president bill clinton is working to bring two jailed u.s. journalists back from career. and in fact robert gibbs said in the same briefing just a few minutes ago, he's not commenting on the mission because they don't want to jeopardize that mission. but we know that president clinton is asking for amnesty for the women from kim jong-il. in the msnbc news bureau in washington, msnbc analyst pat buchanan. what can former president bill clinton accomplish that the
white house spokesman robert gibbs just called mahmoud ahmadinejad the elected leader of iran. he was asked whether president barack obama recognized the iranian president after the disputed president. we know that tomorrow is the formal swearing in for ahmadinejad for the first time we have seen since that protest against the elections. the white house is being careful not to comment on the legitimacy of those elections but has condemned the ior iranian government. there are three missing...
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robert gibbs came back on monday and said nothing had changed. it is always the press secretary's job to assure you that nothing has changed, even when clearly something has changed. the democrats are now considering doing it alone. trace: the press secretary said "absolutely not" when they mention going it alone. he also said, "is up to republicans if they want to participate." >> that is one of the great m yths. it is all because of the so- called strident republicans. the reality is that the democrats have the majority to do this. filibuster proof. they have a much larger majority in the house. they have control of the white house. if this fails, it is because of democrats. the lead story in "washington post" today is the white house officials said ian that they cannot believe the deep divisions -- saying that they cannot believe the deep divisions. and it had caught the obama administration on aware. i'm not sure either focus on the republicans when the democrats have the numbers, anyway. trace: public option is a must for liberal democrats.
robert gibbs came back on monday and said nothing had changed. it is always the press secretary's job to assure you that nothing has changed, even when clearly something has changed. the democrats are now considering doing it alone. trace: the press secretary said "absolutely not" when they mention going it alone. he also said, "is up to republicans if they want to participate." >> that is one of the great m yths. it is all because of the so- called strident...
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it's true, though, and robert gibbs is pushing back. it is true for months and months when asked whether or not the public option was a deal breaker, the white house always hedged. they always said the president prefers the public option, he thinks it's the best way to increase choice and competition, but open to other ideas so long as it does, in fact, increase competition and drive down costs from insurers. so they're trying to say the state of play hasn't changed. what's interesting about that is the state of play is, maybe the public option is in, and maybe it's out. if liberals are mad, they have ever reason to continue to be mad and could have been mad for the last three months, the white house position is essentially the same. >> savannah, thank you. and we'll continue to watch that white house briefing when we see robert gibbs if he addresses some of this discontent over mixed messages and signals. we will bring that to you. >>> chicago sun times columnist robert novak died early this morning in washington, d.c. after a battle w
it's true, though, and robert gibbs is pushing back. it is true for months and months when asked whether or not the public option was a deal breaker, the white house always hedged. they always said the president prefers the public option, he thinks it's the best way to increase choice and competition, but open to other ideas so long as it does, in fact, increase competition and drive down costs from insurers. so they're trying to say the state of play hasn't changed. what's interesting about...
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then you have robert gibbs. he says this. i want to put it on the screen -- trace: but that is not true. the president has said that it must be in the bill, it should be, but now he is saying it is just a sliver of the bill, and if it makes it or not, that is not important. >> if you look at the ball, and then you will see independents sharply turning away from the president. the public option is dumb. i do not think people want that. what the president needs to do is fix the problem. you can do that without having a $1 trillion takeover of our health-care system. you can do in by banning pre- existing condition from the health insurance and giving individual mandate. this is why independents are changing, and why the president is changing his rhetoric. trace: you see that building behind john? there is a bit of a standoff there. the senate says there are not enough votes for it to go through. the house says that they will not even consider it without the public option. >> this is the way the legislative process works. in the
then you have robert gibbs. he says this. i want to put it on the screen -- trace: but that is not true. the president has said that it must be in the bill, it should be, but now he is saying it is just a sliver of the bill, and if it makes it or not, that is not important. >> if you look at the ball, and then you will see independents sharply turning away from the president. the public option is dumb. i do not think people want that. what the president needs to do is fix the problem. you...
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i told robert gibbs i'm willing to provide them. at this hour he has yet to get back to me. shepard: what's he saying about the different scenes at the town hall meetings and the ones the lawmakers have been holding. >> one americans are deferential when the presence of any president. president obama, president bush, and the others. they don't screen the clouds crowds there is a lottery system for 70% of the audience town halls there will be another one in montana tomorrow. 30% are set aside to sympathetic officials in the region. that's how things will be conducted in montana. white house says they like a rigorous robust debate. whether they get in their own town halls probably not. lawmakers are. shepard: thank you. mixed news from the jobs market. the number of americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits went up unexpectedly last week. that's according to the department of labor which reports there were 4,000 more first time claims than the week before. but at the same time we learned the total number of americans continuing to receive jobless benefits fell by m
i told robert gibbs i'm willing to provide them. at this hour he has yet to get back to me. shepard: what's he saying about the different scenes at the town hall meetings and the ones the lawmakers have been holding. >> one americans are deferential when the presence of any president. president obama, president bush, and the others. they don't screen the clouds crowds there is a lottery system for 70% of the audience town halls there will be another one in montana tomorrow. 30% are set...
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. >>> and right now we're going to the white house and robert gibbs, who is briefing and being asked, of course, about taxes. let's watch. >> as part of health care reform, the president's identified $500 billion in spending that he thinks can be cut. we worked just in the past two weeks on a bipartisan basis to look at a program like the f-22 and cut some of that wasteful spending out of the budget as well. yes, ma'am. >> if iran doesn't agree to talk with the united states, is the u.s. discussing with its allies the possible of steep sanctions, such as sanctions on gasoline and other refined petroleum products? >> well, as you know, the p 5 plus 1 has an outstanding invitation for the iranians to come to the table. the president strongly believes that we should, and many of our allies believe that we should not allow the iranians to acquire a nuclear weapon. that invitation has not been responded to. as you've heard the president discuss recently, we will evaluate as part of g-8 process where we are on that engagement in september, but i don't want to get into discussions amongst al
. >>> and right now we're going to the white house and robert gibbs, who is briefing and being asked, of course, about taxes. let's watch. >> as part of health care reform, the president's identified $500 billion in spending that he thinks can be cut. we worked just in the past two weeks on a bipartisan basis to look at a program like the f-22 and cut some of that wasteful spending out of the budget as well. yes, ma'am. >> if iran doesn't agree to talk with the united...
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robert gates to attack fox news. >> he reminds me of the -- of robert gibbs to attack fox news. >> he reminds me of the pc and mac guys. you can hear them outside tapping the baseball bats, like they are out with karl malden. i am not surprised why nobody wants to speak up when president obama shows up. he will trash you if the obscures' -- if he thinks something about you. i saw what they did to joe the plumber. you do not want the most popular guy in the world signaling you out and calling you a square. he plays hardball. i can see why nobody wants to step up and get in his bad graces. bill: wellcome he is very, very accomplished in front of groups. -- well, he is very, very accomplished. >> not that accomplished, bill. listen, when you can stand up in front of a room in today's climes, to advance your cause, you can sit look at ups and fedex. it is the post office that has trouble. and nobody calls you on that? you just have a free pass. i am convinced that barack obama can get in a flight suit and land on a flight deck and use the mission accomplished sign. it looks like he has a
robert gates to attack fox news. >> he reminds me of the -- of robert gibbs to attack fox news. >> he reminds me of the pc and mac guys. you can hear them outside tapping the baseball bats, like they are out with karl malden. i am not surprised why nobody wants to speak up when president obama shows up. he will trash you if the obscures' -- if he thinks something about you. i saw what they did to joe the plumber. you do not want the most popular guy in the world signaling you out...
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martha: we heard from robert gibbs. he said the president is committed to his campaign promise of not raising taxes on the middle-class. so why are members of his administration floating a trial balloon, opening the door to the idea that when the economy recovers, they could possibly raise taxes to deal with the deficit? trace: in the top box, funeral services for burden forced -- former boxer vernon forest. and a chemical reaction in new bedford, mass. causes 26 people to be sent to the hospital. in the bottom box, mahmoud ahmadinejad getting support for his second term from the country's supreme leader today. martha, this is robert give us in the press briefing room. he has been fielding quite a few questions about the possibility of the administration changed its mind and increasing taxes. in the campaign, president obama said this. >> if you make less than a quarter million dollars a year, then you will not to your income tax, capital tax go off, not one dime. martha: here is what two of his top economic advisers ar
martha: we heard from robert gibbs. he said the president is committed to his campaign promise of not raising taxes on the middle-class. so why are members of his administration floating a trial balloon, opening the door to the idea that when the economy recovers, they could possibly raise taxes to deal with the deficit? trace: in the top box, funeral services for burden forced -- former boxer vernon forest. and a chemical reaction in new bedford, mass. causes 26 people to be sent to the...
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we will ask white house press secretary robert gibbs. then we will turn to afghanistan. where u.s. troops are going head to head with the taliban as that country prepares for this week's elections. we will get perspective from former senator chuck yagel and lee hamilton and finally presidential historian douglas brinkley joins us to talk about presidents and our national parks, but first, the rage over healthcare reform. on face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from washington, substituting for bob schieffer, harry smith. >> welcome again to the broadcast, bob sniff is offer this morning, joining us now from phoenix, arizona where he is travel twg the president, white house press secretary robert gibbs, mr. gibbs, good morning. >> good morning, harry, how are you? >> very well. >> 80 percent of americans have health insurance, they may not be thrilled with the system as it works right now, but their fear is reform is going to make things worse instead of better. can you guarantee them that
we will ask white house press secretary robert gibbs. then we will turn to afghanistan. where u.s. troops are going head to head with the taliban as that country prepares for this week's elections. we will get perspective from former senator chuck yagel and lee hamilton and finally presidential historian douglas brinkley joins us to talk about presidents and our national parks, but first, the rage over healthcare reform. on face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs "face the...
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robert gibbs called it a food fight. it's not respective of the country. was boseman monday that tana representative today. >> i'm sure people on the left would say today was. people on the right would say arlen specter was. laura: i think the president of the united states should celebrate the fact that more people are engaged in this public debate than ever before. that's what we thought about it. >> i think what you are seeing in the outrage at the town halls is powerlessness. these are people that by and large, their party is out of power. and they don't like it. laura: all right, richard, we appreciate it up next what do sharon osborne, kathie lee and dancing monkeys all have in common? they all have a starring role in reality check straight ahead. fall hunting classic. with great deals like the moultrie game spy d-40 camera for only $69.94 and the leupold rifleman riflescope for only $169.94. bass pro shops. laura: in the "back of the book" seeingment, imagine calling 911 because you didn't get enough shrimp. these people need a reality check. bill:
robert gibbs called it a food fight. it's not respective of the country. was boseman monday that tana representative today. >> i'm sure people on the left would say today was. people on the right would say arlen specter was. laura: i think the president of the united states should celebrate the fact that more people are engaged in this public debate than ever before. that's what we thought about it. >> i think what you are seeing in the outrage at the town halls is powerlessness....
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let us listen to robert gibbs. >> making the country saved? >> this is the same song and dance we have heard since the first day of the administration. i do not have tha lot to say. if you watched the interview, the vice president clearly had his facts on a number of things wrong. the notion that somehow this white house is going to be making interrogation decisions, not the high value detaining group stationed at the fbi, and whom have participants from all different intelligence and law enforcement agencies within our government, which has allowed people like fran townsend to complement the creation of this group. i think what was also eliminated were centered in the cannes comments yesterday about -- senator mccain's comments yesterday about whether or not these enhanced interrogation techniques that the president has outlawed -- the effect that it has on our standing in the world and foreign policy. he does not agree with us on every issue, but i thought, given his experience, they are tremendously illuminating. i am not entirely sure that
let us listen to robert gibbs. >> making the country saved? >> this is the same song and dance we have heard since the first day of the administration. i do not have tha lot to say. if you watched the interview, the vice president clearly had his facts on a number of things wrong. the notion that somehow this white house is going to be making interrogation decisions, not the high value detaining group stationed at the fbi, and whom have participants from all different intelligence...
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take a list zone to what robert gibbs had to say today at his daily briefing. >> i think he believes very strongly, as we talked about how to address misconceptions or misimpressions about the bills. i do believe that the president feels strongly that when he makes his case, it helps the case for overall health care reform. >> so, again, the white house believing that these town halls have been effective for the president to get his message across and that's why you'll see the president going to a town hall meeting tomorrow in montana and then off to colorado on saturday. lou? >> now, this sounds awfully like manufacturing. it sounds like astro turf on the part of the white house which is the very same press secretary robert gibbs was -- well, has been moaning within the past week. all of the noise, as they see it, some of the misinformation as they are calling it at these town hall meetings out there. and they said, yeah, there is that concern. obviously, though, the white house hoping that they will base it on facts and not any misinformation as they see it. what they are trying to
take a list zone to what robert gibbs had to say today at his daily briefing. >> i think he believes very strongly, as we talked about how to address misconceptions or misimpressions about the bills. i do believe that the president feels strongly that when he makes his case, it helps the case for overall health care reform. >> so, again, the white house believing that these town halls have been effective for the president to get his message across and that's why you'll see the...
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dana, first, let's talk about robert gibbs. was cable television there supporting this or promoting it or anything? i'm just sort of curious whether we tore blame as robert gibbs says. >> i don't think that at all. i think gibbs is -- he is using cable news as a copout. this is the problem. he wants to talk about being constructive. this is what is not constructive when you getting elected officials standing up in front of people being disingenuous. if we are going to have a discussion about what is and isn't constructive. i don't like the blaming of the measure people for responding to that the american officials. transparent about the bills sponsoring writing did senator mccaskill get a fair chance in your opinion to answer the questions? you might may not have liked answer go d. she get a chair chance to answer. >> to her credit i think her tone has been way more welcoming and warm than the tone of some of her colleagues, but, i don't like that con descension admonishing the crowd and using mother's voice. maybe we should us
dana, first, let's talk about robert gibbs. was cable television there supporting this or promoting it or anything? i'm just sort of curious whether we tore blame as robert gibbs says. >> i don't think that at all. i think gibbs is -- he is using cable news as a copout. this is the problem. he wants to talk about being constructive. this is what is not constructive when you getting elected officials standing up in front of people being disingenuous. if we are going to have a discussion...
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and it's not every day that robert gibbs gets difficult questions, in the whole scheme of things, who i think the e-mail issue is a big deal, i don't, i don't think the white house probably is taking e-mails and -- people that are known to be critical or sceptical of health care reform and sending them a e-mail from david axelrod, that does not make sense and i don't think there is anything nefarious going on but it's interesting to me robert gibbs gets as testy as he did because he gets one question, that is a tough question for him to answer and clearly didn't have the answer to the question, and, then gets a follow-up for it and he's used to getting soft-ball and he should be a little bit more disciplined as he tries to answer serious questions from serious supporters. >> rick: i want to ask you about the change in strategy now. we see the white house clearly shifting gears here, and they are not talk about health care reform, they are not talking about insuring the uninsured, they are talking about health insurance reform. i don't know whether this is the third or fourth different
and it's not every day that robert gibbs gets difficult questions, in the whole scheme of things, who i think the e-mail issue is a big deal, i don't, i don't think the white house probably is taking e-mails and -- people that are known to be critical or sceptical of health care reform and sending them a e-mail from david axelrod, that does not make sense and i don't think there is anything nefarious going on but it's interesting to me robert gibbs gets as testy as he did because he gets one...
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robert gibbs says, quote, there are statements that obviously she has made that the pez doesn't agree with, and that's probably true for a number of people that the president is recognizing. the white house says president obama will announce a manufacturing grant to elkhart, indiana when he visits the area wednesday. elkhart has the fastest rising unemployment in the nation. correspondent steve brown reports that, so far, stimulus money that's was promised hasn't shown up yet. >> >> it's construction season in elkhart county, indiana. >> normally we're busy. we just don't have the work we normally have. >> there would be more work, says jeff taylor, the elkhart county transportation manager, if there wasn't all this paperwork to fill out. because the transportation stimulus dollars are funneled through the states, taylor's office have both state and federal applications to do. >> i honestly believe president obama means to get this money spent quickly. >> that was the president's sales pitch when he visited in february r america needs jobs now. >> so we can't a afford to wait. >> espe
robert gibbs says, quote, there are statements that obviously she has made that the pez doesn't agree with, and that's probably true for a number of people that the president is recognizing. the white house says president obama will announce a manufacturing grant to elkhart, indiana when he visits the area wednesday. elkhart has the fastest rising unemployment in the nation. correspondent steve brown reports that, so far, stimulus money that's was promised hasn't shown up yet. >> >>...
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>> remember, you heard robert gibbs talk about getting some of the out of the finance committee that would progress the process. the idea is, you just keep the shark moving so that it doesn't drown. whatever comes out of the finance committee is probably will be what the senate bill looks like, but, you know, these deals are done behind closed doors when the senators and house members and white house meet to hash out the final deal. that was always what president obama wanted down before the august recess that we didn't see this kind of mayhem we're seeing. they'll have to do it in september. first they need something through the senate. >> karen, i thought the president did an excellent job in portsmouth, new hampshire, debuvged all the right-wing bullet points and even made it very clear that the president of the united states -- as president, he is willing to raise taxes. now, it's been a while since we've had an answer like we got yesterday. if you're at $250,000 a year and more, he's in favor of a tax increase. how's that going to fly with his number one, his colleagues. do you
>> remember, you heard robert gibbs talk about getting some of the out of the finance committee that would progress the process. the idea is, you just keep the shark moving so that it doesn't drown. whatever comes out of the finance committee is probably will be what the senate bill looks like, but, you know, these deals are done behind closed doors when the senators and house members and white house meet to hash out the final deal. that was always what president obama wanted down before...
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by the way, white house press secretary robert gibbs, the daily briefing is under way. we may get to that shortly. >>> everything from refr refrigerators and dishwashers to furnaces and air conditioners and "wall street journal" report hopes it will revive slumping sales. let's get to the press briefing. >> the highest in two years. what do you, what does the white house think of that assessment that things are getting better and a sign that things are getting better and maybe the housing is healing? >> well, i think not wanting to read into one day's statistics, i think if you looked over the course of several months, it does appear that the housing market is bottoming out a bit, which, obviously, was one of the reasons we got into the severity of the economic downturn that we're in now. obviously, an independence to the feds that i don't want to get tremendously involved in. violating on an august friday. but i would simply reiterate what we said before, which is the economy that the president inherited upon taking office was at the brink as many far deeper recession
by the way, white house press secretary robert gibbs, the daily briefing is under way. we may get to that shortly. >>> everything from refr refrigerators and dishwashers to furnaces and air conditioners and "wall street journal" report hopes it will revive slumping sales. let's get to the press briefing. >> the highest in two years. what do you, what does the white house think of that assessment that things are getting better and a sign that things are getting better...
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last hour at the press gaggle, basically, and secretary robert gibbs office he was asked about this. was there a message that former president clinton, because of this report, was there was a message that he was delivering to kim jong-il on behalf of president obama, what about that report. he said "that's not true." we should tell you that secretary gibbs wouldn't confirm or deny that president clinton was, in fact, even sitting down with kim jong-il he basically said, look, it is a very sensitive situation now. he wouldn't go beyond his statement from this morning. this is a solely private mission and the statement went on to say that they don't want to jeopardize the success of what he called former president clinton's mission. interesting choice of language there as, obviously, this is a critical period of time sensitive and delicate are of the hour, t.j. the white house being very tight lipped and the only evidence is this denial by robert gibbs of this report that somehow there was a message that former president clinton was delivering to kim jong-il on behalf of president ooba
last hour at the press gaggle, basically, and secretary robert gibbs office he was asked about this. was there a message that former president clinton, because of this report, was there was a message that he was delivering to kim jong-il on behalf of president obama, what about that report. he said "that's not true." we should tell you that secretary gibbs wouldn't confirm or deny that president clinton was, in fact, even sitting down with kim jong-il he basically said, look, it is a...
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you heard robert gibbs asked me for e-mails. i was not trying to grandstand, as i have been accused of. i did not have permission of the people who sent me these e-mails to send them to the white house. in many cases, now i do. we have received a lot of comments saying that people have seen these e-mails. my own personal and box has seen a lot of people saying that they received these e-mails. one thing i want to make clear, i am not so internet dense that i do not understand that e-mails can be forwarded. i understand that. i am talking about peopleç who represent to me credibly that they did not have the same now afforded to them, that they were sent directly from the white house. i also said to robert gibbs, i have these e-mails, if you ask for them, i amç prepared to gie them to you. i just want some sense of his answers. i hope the situation changes. i am not looking for a confrontation. megyn: we have gotten scores and scores of e-mails supporting the tough questioning that we saw from you. you did not get a lot of fal
you heard robert gibbs asked me for e-mails. i was not trying to grandstand, as i have been accused of. i did not have permission of the people who sent me these e-mails to send them to the white house. in many cases, now i do. we have received a lot of comments saying that people have seen these e-mails. my own personal and box has seen a lot of people saying that they received these e-mails. one thing i want to make clear, i am not so internet dense that i do not understand that e-mails can...
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and while the president is on the ground, as you heard in that statement by robert gibbs, they don't want to say anything that could tip this because it has been a very emotional standoff, as well as, you know, political and military standoff with north korea on that other subject that seems to be overshadowing everything, which is the nuclear standoff. >> of course. >> anything personal. elaine was referring to some of the comments recently about secretary clinton coming out from north korea. they don't want to say anything that could be misconstrued or that would derail any of this. >> absolutely. so, let's fast forward a bit, if we could. again, keeping in mind how clearly sensitive and delicate this is. if the journalists do go free, what would north korea get out of it, what does the u.s. get out of it? >> north korea, potentially, could get at least some points for bringing the journalists, for coming to the decision that the united states was hoping that they would free those journalists. you know, score one on that point. now, the second thing, though, is this mission is not
and while the president is on the ground, as you heard in that statement by robert gibbs, they don't want to say anything that could tip this because it has been a very emotional standoff, as well as, you know, political and military standoff with north korea on that other subject that seems to be overshadowing everything, which is the nuclear standoff. >> of course. >> anything personal. elaine was referring to some of the comments recently about secretary clinton coming out from...
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today, white house press secretary robert gibbs says summers and geithner were speaking hypothetically. dan lothian reports from the white house. >> reporter: the president's two top money men may have a good grip on all the numbers, but their words may have gone offscript. >> i think they allowed themselves to get into a little bit of a hypothetical back and forth. >> reporter: that's the clarification of comes made by treasury secretary timothy geithner and economic adviser, larry summers, on the sunday morning talk shows. the two seemingly leaving the door open to a middle had-class tax hike in order to pay down the deficit and afford health care reform. >> it is never a good idea to absolutely rule things, rule things out, no matter. what. >> we are going to have to do what it takes. we are going to do what's necessary. were. >> reporter: spokesman robert gibbs again stressed the president's commitment to not raise taxes on americans making less than $250,000 a year. >> though there's no -- there's no real scenario there as the administration sees it where middle-class taxpayers mi
today, white house press secretary robert gibbs says summers and geithner were speaking hypothetically. dan lothian reports from the white house. >> reporter: the president's two top money men may have a good grip on all the numbers, but their words may have gone offscript. >> i think they allowed themselves to get into a little bit of a hypothetical back and forth. >> reporter: that's the clarification of comes made by treasury secretary timothy geithner and economic adviser,...
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dan lothian, cnn, the white house. >>> white house press secretary robert gibbs was on the defensive as i said on the issue of whether the president misrepresented the aarp's position on health care. we're going to play for you the entirety of that section of the press briefing from the question onward. let's listen. >> yesterday the president said aarp endorsed the plan. as you're aware, aarp said yesterday it hasn't endorsed the plan. where on the information or disinformation scale would the president's remark fall? >> well, the president said -- aarp said they are certainly supportive and have been for years on comprehensive health reform. i don't think the president meant to imply anything untoward. i think he discussed the notion that aarp is supportive of -- an agreement that would fund filling the doughnut hole for seniors as part of medicare part d as well as additional savings vings for comprehensive health care. >> [ inaudible ] aarp hasn't endorsed the house pending slax. >> which is what i've just said. >> he's aware of that. he wasn't trying to mislead anyone, he just m
dan lothian, cnn, the white house. >>> white house press secretary robert gibbs was on the defensive as i said on the issue of whether the president misrepresented the aarp's position on health care. we're going to play for you the entirety of that section of the press briefing from the question onward. let's listen. >> yesterday the president said aarp endorsed the plan. as you're aware, aarp said yesterday it hasn't endorsed the plan. where on the information or disinformation...
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robert gibbs, as he said, the debate is not over. democrats know that all the the white house has to do is get a bill through the senate. many democrats agree, the white house can dictate the final outcome. there is a lot of room to travel between here and there. shepard: it certainly is. thank you, major garrett. a deadly remain -- reminder of the violence in iraq, 95 people killed and hundreds more hurt in a car bombing in the city of baghdad, just after the city started removing blast walls. the army said that security is not an issue anymore. the blast was in and around the green zone, an area considered the safest in the country. governmental and commercial buildings were targeted, it happened close to our own baghdad bureau. iraqi security forces are left to cope with the aftermath without u.s. help, i assume? >> that is right. the only held that we saw today was a number of u.s. military apache helicopters flying to give them air cover. it really is an iraqi security operation. the foreign ministry and the finance ministry, th
robert gibbs, as he said, the debate is not over. democrats know that all the the white house has to do is get a bill through the senate. many democrats agree, the white house can dictate the final outcome. there is a lot of room to travel between here and there. shepard: it certainly is. thank you, major garrett. a deadly remain -- reminder of the violence in iraq, 95 people killed and hundreds more hurt in a car bombing in the city of baghdad, just after the city started removing blast walls....
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these are political aims that they have. >> i love the exchange between one reporter and robert gibbs, the white house press secretary. he was talking about manufactured opposition here and the reporter asked, well, what is the difference between the manufacturing of opposition when it's liberals. and he said, well, the republicans seem to be bragging about it, is basically the answer. i mean, we're having to split some very fine hairs here. >> it depends on which side you're on, most of the time. >> and if you're in the middle? which is where i live? >> well, then it's an interesting time, isn't it? >> you better believe it. thanks a lot, candy. appreciate it. you can join the debate on how the obama administration and the congress are doing. go to cnn.com to cast your vote on how the president and the congress are handling the economy, health care, and a number of other important issues, and then you can see the results here on cnn tomorrow evening 8:00 p.m. eastern on the cnn national report card. the second 100 days. >>> up next, more on the confrontation over the president's heal
these are political aims that they have. >> i love the exchange between one reporter and robert gibbs, the white house press secretary. he was talking about manufactured opposition here and the reporter asked, well, what is the difference between the manufacturing of opposition when it's liberals. and he said, well, the republicans seem to be bragging about it, is basically the answer. i mean, we're having to split some very fine hairs here. >> it depends on which side you're on,...
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. >> robert gibbs may be right. we are all focusing on some of the craziness taking place at town halls and some of the politicians playing to the bases showing up at town halls when you are not getting a representative sample of actual people in the middle who show up. bill: now, there is something very disturbing about a major corporation, g.e., allowing its news division to brand americans, rationist, stupid because they oppose. i have never seen this before. folks are using their constitutional rights to protest the health care policy they believe will harm them and the country. a powerful corporation, g.e., which just received more than a billion dollars in low cost government loans, taxpayer money, demonizes the very people that provided them the cash. is that unbelievable? and the folks are noticing. so far in august, the msnbc network, the most radical left arm of nbc news is down 24% in total audience while fox news is up 21%. at 8:00 p.m. factor is up 56% in the. it's not just nbc news going after the heal
. >> robert gibbs may be right. we are all focusing on some of the craziness taking place at town halls and some of the politicians playing to the bases showing up at town halls when you are not getting a representative sample of actual people in the middle who show up. bill: now, there is something very disturbing about a major corporation, g.e., allowing its news division to brand americans, rationist, stupid because they oppose. i have never seen this before. folks are using their...
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as you know, white house press secretary robert gibbs really tried to make it clear to some of us in the briefing room yesterday where the president stands on middle class taxes. let's take a listen. >> the president's clear commitment. he's clear about that commitment. i'm reiterating the president's clear commitment in the clearest terms possible. i want to just state again, clearly, here, that the president has made a very clear commitment to not raise taxes on middle class families, period. >> so, david, we're all clear on that. but i have to say, gibbs was responding to a couple of statements from larry summers and timothy geithner over the weekend, in which they also made clear that the president doesn't want to raise taxes on the middle class, but says over the long-term, to really deal with deficits, anything is possible. you can't really rule anything out. is that not a sensible way to look at the issue? >> well, first of all, that sound like doctored tape to me, i don't know. i think the president has made clear, he made clear throughout the campaign and since as president
as you know, white house press secretary robert gibbs really tried to make it clear to some of us in the briefing room yesterday where the president stands on middle class taxes. let's take a listen. >> the president's clear commitment. he's clear about that commitment. i'm reiterating the president's clear commitment in the clearest terms possible. i want to just state again, clearly, here, that the president has made a very clear commitment to not raise taxes on middle class families,...
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bret: robert gibbs creghtded that today "let me correct a little bit of what i said yesterday. i denoted that mr. ahmadinejad watt was the elected leader of iran. obviously, the iranian people still have questions about that and we will let them decide that. " we're back with the panel. charles. >> well, that was a kingsleyian gaffe in which a politician speaks the truth, or at least as he understands it. it is not the truth about iran itself. the guy who was sworn in today is not elected. it was a fraudulent election. everybody knows t however, it reflects what the administration wants in iran. it wants him in power t did not want the demonstrations. it is somewhat a nuisance and it got in the way of the grand scheme of negotiations in which obama sweet talks iran out of its nukes, which is in and of itself harebrained and naive and now it is collapsing around him. it was dishonorable, our lack of support of dem state tores in the street who were being shot in the name of democracy. now, on top of dishonor is failure. we are not going to have negotiations with this guy after t
bret: robert gibbs creghtded that today "let me correct a little bit of what i said yesterday. i denoted that mr. ahmadinejad watt was the elected leader of iran. obviously, the iranian people still have questions about that and we will let them decide that. " we're back with the panel. charles. >> well, that was a kingsleyian gaffe in which a politician speaks the truth, or at least as he understands it. it is not the truth about iran itself. the guy who was sworn in today is...
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robert gibbs said, again, look, we'll do this dance again. he said it's not changed. the white house position has remained consistent, he said, over the last few months that, in fact, the white house all throughout the administration, in fact, believes that the best way to overhaul the system would be to include a public option, but, of course, the debate over whether the administration's depositid position changed and, again, robert gibbs insisting that nothing at all has changed in the white house's view. >> since we have you here, we'll keep you longer than i had planned. i want to ask you about this, later today the president will participate in a conference call with faith leaders to discuss health insurance reform. how big of an initiative is this to include vangalists in garnering support for health reform? >> obviously, this is significant. the president is reaching out trying to get the message to really all corners and trying to drum up support for this. whether or not we'll hear anything new remains an open question. yesterday robert gibbs was asked about t
robert gibbs said, again, look, we'll do this dance again. he said it's not changed. the white house position has remained consistent, he said, over the last few months that, in fact, the white house all throughout the administration, in fact, believes that the best way to overhaul the system would be to include a public option, but, of course, the debate over whether the administration's depositid position changed and, again, robert gibbs insisting that nothing at all has changed in the white...
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we asked robert gibbs about that. he said, he wasn't sure if they would. could be some lessons learned from the clinton administration. >> the secretary of state was not at the meeting in their situation room. she had other meetings with the columbian foreign minister. was that unusual that the secretary of state would not participate in the debriefing with the former president on north korea? >> i am sure that president clinton had conversations with the secretary of state. i don't think it is unusual unusual. ordinarily, you would expect the secretary to be there. this is a situation where president clinton obviously was going to convey his impression, his assessment. maybe there are some opportunities that he saw that were not obvious before. i make one point. during the last year of his tenure in 2000, in october, there was a lot of pressure being generated to send president clinton over to north korea. north korea wanted him to come very badly. because they couldn't guarantee there would be some kind of agreement reached, there were many that argued t
we asked robert gibbs about that. he said, he wasn't sure if they would. could be some lessons learned from the clinton administration. >> the secretary of state was not at the meeting in their situation room. she had other meetings with the columbian foreign minister. was that unusual that the secretary of state would not participate in the debriefing with the former president on north korea? >> i am sure that president clinton had conversations with the secretary of state. i don't...
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robert gibbs, of trying to downplay the go it alone strategy right now. clearly, one thing that the white house can do and has given serious consideration to. bill: on the inside and outside, we have it covered. some in congress seem to be doing their best to avoid confrontation on health care. some of them. >> [angry chanting] bill: no surprise, after watching federal lawmakers struggling, but lawmakers are choosing not to hold debates on reform. 323 house members have no plans to hold a public meeting. 35 senators have the same plant. now we are getting reports that some of those people are suddenly going to play that song by neil diamond. we will rock out. megyn: one of bill's favorite. >> yes. you know why? every year when we went to florida we had to listen to neil diamond. i know every word to every cell he has written. megyn: [laughter] good times. more of that, coming up. one perfect example of these town halls, here is an oklahoma democrat. >> [angry yelling] megyn: hosting a health care debate in his home state, there was a showing of opposition
robert gibbs, of trying to downplay the go it alone strategy right now. clearly, one thing that the white house can do and has given serious consideration to. bill: on the inside and outside, we have it covered. some in congress seem to be doing their best to avoid confrontation on health care. some of them. >> [angry chanting] bill: no surprise, after watching federal lawmakers struggling, but lawmakers are choosing not to hold debates on reform. 323 house members have no plans to hold a...
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i would like robert gibbs to get up at the next press briefing and be indignant about questioning the motives of the people within his own administration who are taking money. sean: michelle, i saw something on your web site that i was completely in agreement with. we have seen this entire week the trial balloon that was floated over the weekend that maybe the government option is on the table. maybe we can change gears. they started talking about the cooperatives. you are warning readers, do not get caught up. it is basically the same thing. it is the. i have been making. explain. >> -- it is the point i have been making. explain. >> of course. the devil is always in the details. many smart people have looked at the details and they are very concerned that it is another trojan horse. sean: if they supply the means of services, pricing, and supply, which ultimately, the government-option name, some type of co-op, if the government controls that and they still control the prices, they control what services you will get or will not get, that ultimately means rationing. they are not talk
i would like robert gibbs to get up at the next press briefing and be indignant about questioning the motives of the people within his own administration who are taking money. sean: michelle, i saw something on your web site that i was completely in agreement with. we have seen this entire week the trial balloon that was floated over the weekend that maybe the government option is on the table. maybe we can change gears. they started talking about the cooperatives. you are warning readers, do...
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the white house press secretary robert gibbs hinted that some of the center is staged. my guest was there. thank you for your time. you describe yourself as conservative. you have then to some of the tea party events. the white house says these events are manufactured. what would you say to that? >> i would say they are manufactured. the white house is the one manufacturing these. we are trying to express our point of view and express our first amendment rights. we do not feel that washington is listening to us. it is generating some sense of frustration. bill: what happened when you were there? >> basically, we got there. we tried to get into the meeting room. it was already filled up. we were told that the meeting room had a capacity of 200 people. we kind of -- i was standing around outside to make sure people did not leave. so there was a chance several opened up later, we could get in and get a glimpse of what was going on. bill: why did you go? why did you think it was important to have your voice heard? >> i think it is important to have all of our voices heard f
the white house press secretary robert gibbs hinted that some of the center is staged. my guest was there. thank you for your time. you describe yourself as conservative. you have then to some of the tea party events. the white house says these events are manufactured. what would you say to that? >> i would say they are manufactured. the white house is the one manufacturing these. we are trying to express our point of view and express our first amendment rights. we do not feel that...
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a reporter asked the white house press secretary, robert gibbs, if the obama administration recognized ahmadinejad as the country's legitimate president, and gibbs said, "he's the elected leader." of course, mousavi would likely disagree. he's fighting the results of last month's election in iran in which he lost to ahmadinejad. mousavi's wife says he will keep up the fight. that's according to a post on an iranian opposition website today. now to a transatlantic scam that may have targeted close to 200,000 elderly americans. nearly a dozen suspected con artists in israel have been arrested, charged with running a phony lottery sweepstakes. they stand accused of bilking many of those americans out of $25 million. we're told the scammers had personal information on the victims, including phone numbers. the story now from jerusalem. >> oh, my gosh. i have something here that says i've won $500,000. >> it's called the nigerian sting, except it was done from israel. this one, an elaborate lottery scam that swindled $25 million from elderly americans. the calls were made from an office in t
a reporter asked the white house press secretary, robert gibbs, if the obama administration recognized ahmadinejad as the country's legitimate president, and gibbs said, "he's the elected leader." of course, mousavi would likely disagree. he's fighting the results of last month's election in iran in which he lost to ahmadinejad. mousavi's wife says he will keep up the fight. that's according to a post on an iranian opposition website today. now to a transatlantic scam that may have...
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. >> reporter: swam robert gibbs was forced to repeat that commitment after the administration's top money men wouldn't make such a promise on the sunday talk shows. >> we're not at a point yet where we're going to make a judgment. >> but you can't rule it out. >> what the country needs to do we have to do what is necessary. >> reporter: the director of the economic national council was asked about that tim geithner interview. >> never a good idea to absolutely rule -- rule things out, no matter what. what the president has been completely clear on is that he is not going to pursue any of his priorities, not health care, not energy, nothing in ways that are primarily burdening the middle class families. that is something that is not going to happen. >> reporter: but today in his daily briefing, robert gibbs insisted his boss will not go back on on what was a major theme of his presidential campaign. >> i don't think any economist would believe that in the environment that we're in raising taxes on middle class families would make any sense. and the president agrees. >> reporter: toda
. >> reporter: swam robert gibbs was forced to repeat that commitment after the administration's top money men wouldn't make such a promise on the sunday talk shows. >> we're not at a point yet where we're going to make a judgment. >> but you can't rule it out. >> what the country needs to do we have to do what is necessary. >> reporter: the director of the economic national council was asked about that tim geithner interview. >> never a good idea to...
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i do not think robert gibbs answered that very well. is that public option going to lead to a single payer? trace: now he is studying, we are for some mechanism for competition. -- now he is saying, we are for some mechanism for competition. are they flow in some kind of balloon? >> i think he could have said, i am for increasing competition, and more choice for people, and i'm willing to take a look at anything that does that. he did not say that. that and the time pressure is getting people very nervous. they have this big change that they're trying to ram through before people understand the consequences. they are nervous. when somebody has a legitimate question, to say that it is a misconception, i think it feeds the distrust. trace: we have a brand new fox news opinion dynamic polls. when asked what to do with the remaining stimulus in money -- 72% of americans say to return it to the taxpayers. we have shown new date gallup numbers. the approval rating is the lowest. our own fox polling is hot off the press. dropping 12 percentage
i do not think robert gibbs answered that very well. is that public option going to lead to a single payer? trace: now he is studying, we are for some mechanism for competition. -- now he is saying, we are for some mechanism for competition. are they flow in some kind of balloon? >> i think he could have said, i am for increasing competition, and more choice for people, and i'm willing to take a look at anything that does that. he did not say that. that and the time pressure is getting...
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. >> let's go back to when robert gibbs tried to walk back comments from summer and geithner saying some type of tax increase is required. listen to what he had to say. >> you can understand why people took it as geithner and sum ners trying to open the door. >> i hope you'll take my reit ration of this as an update. >> the door is closed. >> i am reiterateing the president's clear commitment in the clearest turns possible that he's not raising taxes on those making less than $250,000. a year. >> however, if you drive the deficit to $2 trillion and if you want new social programs like health care reform sooner or later you're going to have to get a whole bunch of money from somebody and the only available money is the income and spending of middle class americans. >> commitment is good so long as you can keep them. stu barney. see you next hour. thank you, stu. megyn? megyn: so you just heard the white house denying to any middle class tax increases are in the works. we're going to investigate that a little more late they are hour but one question being asked is if that is true as robert
. >> let's go back to when robert gibbs tried to walk back comments from summer and geithner saying some type of tax increase is required. listen to what he had to say. >> you can understand why people took it as geithner and sum ners trying to open the door. >> i hope you'll take my reit ration of this as an update. >> the door is closed. >> i am reiterateing the president's clear commitment in the clearest turns possible that he's not raising taxes on those...
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just a short time ago, robert gibbs saying the president wants to work with democrats, independents and republicans. >> our preferred option is to go the route of getting all those involved that are at the table to agree to something that can be supported by both parties. i can't speak to what republicans will ultimately end up doing. the president doesn't have control over every person's vote on this. he can and will continue to work to try to get americans want a bipartisan bill. 59% say they should no. chuck todd is nbc's chief white house correspondent. are these mixed messages today? or are they saying the same thing differently? will democrats go it alone if they have to? >> they're really saying the same thing differently. when i interviewed the president in elkhart, indiana about two weeks ago and asked about getting a health care deal by any means necessary, he said look, the goal is to get a health care deal. the goal isn't bipartisanship. so in many ways what emanuel is saying "the new york times," they're all kind of saying the same things. this is just one of those things,
just a short time ago, robert gibbs saying the president wants to work with democrats, independents and republicans. >> our preferred option is to go the route of getting all those involved that are at the table to agree to something that can be supported by both parties. i can't speak to what republicans will ultimately end up doing. the president doesn't have control over every person's vote on this. he can and will continue to work to try to get americans want a bipartisan bill. 59%...
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>> i tell you today, white house press secretary robert gibbs was pointed to something from our poll last night, lester. and the fact that -- that there wasn't a majority of folks that believe that somehow his health care plan would decide when care would end for the elderly. the so-called death panel thing. and robert gibbs pointed to that as progress saying, look the president spent the last ten days trying to debunk that myth. and it's working. and, so, our poll is proof of it. so they see this as a need that they have got to keep doing this. also, though, the white house is acknowledging the fact that they're still having to debunk myths rather than push their own health care plan means they're behind as roberts said today. he said, "look, we haven't pitched a perfect game here when it comes to that. "the other thing we are seeing in health care today. lots of talk about if ever there is going to be a bipartisan deal. the white house noting that despite what "the new york times" reported today, for months they have been hinting that, they'll go down whatever road is necessary to
>> i tell you today, white house press secretary robert gibbs was pointed to something from our poll last night, lester. and the fact that -- that there wasn't a majority of folks that believe that somehow his health care plan would decide when care would end for the elderly. the so-called death panel thing. and robert gibbs pointed to that as progress saying, look the president spent the last ten days trying to debunk that myth. and it's working. and, so, our poll is proof of it. so they...
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here's what robert gibbs had to say on that front. >> we have looked at, as i said a few months ago, we are not equating, we are not -- we look at detainment and other issues separate. we always hope that the north koreans would look at it the same way. that's how this administration has approached this. >> reporter: whether the north koreans see at the same way is unclear at this time. robert gibbs reiterating the position that they hope that north korea will keep the issues separate. the u.s. all along said the detention of these journalists is a humanitarian issue that should be kept separate from the nuclear issue. rick? >> elaine quijano, thanks so much for joining us with that information. now we might be able to get some more information, i guess somewhat consider this right to the source. ray lahood is the secretary of transportation. he is joining us now. you know, this is, i think in most people's eyes, fantastic news, that the former president was able to go in there and negotiate this release, if indeed that's what happened. i imagine at this point, you guys aren't releas
here's what robert gibbs had to say on that front. >> we have looked at, as i said a few months ago, we are not equating, we are not -- we look at detainment and other issues separate. we always hope that the north koreans would look at it the same way. that's how this administration has approached this. >> reporter: whether the north koreans see at the same way is unclear at this time. robert gibbs reiterating the position that they hope that north korea will keep the issues...
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robert gibbs is saying this thing is being orchestrated by a big buck health care executive. he didn't name that executive but he said enough about him that we thought he was talking about our next guest, which is rick scott. there is rick scott's picture, by the way. >> rick scott is in the business to make money off people who are uninsured or underinsured. his whole business model in terms of his walk-in clinics is to have a huge population that is underinsured or has no insurance. he has a horse in this race and he created con sieservatives fo patient's rights. they have been trying to take credit for the town forums and the minimobs. of course, the health care industry wants to see no health care reform enacted. you can't really -- i know you want to set aside the right wing media but it is impossible. >> i am looking at his website. if you go to his website, he has been interviewed on some of those media that you and i don't need to mention. every one of our viewers knows who they are. go ahead. i'm looking at his web site right now. there, he lists alaska and tells peo
robert gibbs is saying this thing is being orchestrated by a big buck health care executive. he didn't name that executive but he said enough about him that we thought he was talking about our next guest, which is rick scott. there is rick scott's picture, by the way. >> rick scott is in the business to make money off people who are uninsured or underinsured. his whole business model in terms of his walk-in clinics is to have a huge population that is underinsured or has no insurance. he...
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[captioning made possible by fox news channel] shepard: you just heard robert gibbs say there are not mixed messages from the white house. stop it. we'll talk directly to the white house and ask the president's other spokesman, bill burton, if the president is given into republicans and abandoning his own base. also on top this hour, box number one, another death at the happiest place on earth. how a disney world performer became the third person to die there in the last couple of months. details ahead. in box number two, one of the internet's most popular social networking sites now facing a lawsuit. why some facebook's own members are saying the site violates their privacy. and box number three, the wife of the south carolina governor, mark sanford, speaking out for the first time, admitting he had an affair. why jenny sanford says her husband is addicted to his former mistress, the one he called his soulmate? and now jessica, her last day. time to have a baby. >> yes. shepard: and even in the middle of a health care flip-flop or not flop or whatever it is, we're concerned about cup
[captioning made possible by fox news channel] shepard: you just heard robert gibbs say there are not mixed messages from the white house. stop it. we'll talk directly to the white house and ask the president's other spokesman, bill burton, if the president is given into republicans and abandoning his own base. also on top this hour, box number one, another death at the happiest place on earth. how a disney world performer became the third person to die there in the last couple of months....